a badge of peace for a region in turmoil the e.u. gets its nobel prize but hundreds of protesters joined the voices saying it doesn't deserve the award. egypt's opposition calls for more protests across the country after rejecting the referendum on a new islamist space constitution. and the ruling regime and the opposition in bahrain say they're ready to sit at the negotiating table many believe their divisions run too deep to end the twenty mark that rising. on air and online twenty four hours a day this is r.t. the european union's three presidents have received this year's nobel peace prize

and the half of the group has been given to commend the e.u. for fostering peace not everyone agrees hundreds marched to the norwegian capital in protest over why many believe the e.u. doesn't deserve the prize and why the whole nobel institution may need to rethink. your level. one day eleven a day will not be deterred. by the content of back. the one that can be probably would have become laureate to some senators however the nobel peace prize is only awarded to a living person this is when a test search criteria especially when it comes to finances the announcement the european union was to pick up the twenty twelve gongs sparked heated debate the award was being discredited particularly to be outraged. who's picked it up

recently well to be frank inside the united states i don't think very many people pay attention to the nobel peace prize anymore large numbers of americans were stunned when yasser arafat received the nobel peace prize many years ago president obama was given a prize for reasons that no one understood. has the done over the last twelve months to convince the nobel committee it's worthy of such a prestigious award. it supported regime change in foreign countries and several member states indulged in violent crackdowns on demonstrators outraged by the failure of the government's. skeptics. to get devalues the whole concept of the peace prize what's really happening is that the european union is having its worst year ever and it's mates and the international community coming to it's a brit to have been awarded of the announcement to be made in the very week that i

went to athens i was greeted not just by tens of thousands of protesters but people dressed up in swastikas and giving it the salutes frankly i grew up in a europe that was divided from east to west and i'm now living in a europe that is divided from north to south and never at any point of the history of this union has there been more discord of rancor that we currently got among more moderate voices there are concerns the peace prize is being used as a political football i think this award basically does a lot to kind of discredit past people who've won this prize i mean it demonstrates a sort of heavy politicization of the use of this war and now it's been suggested that this year's winner of the peace prize picked it up more for not having done something as opposed to having food the peace around the globe it seems like they got the prize more because there hasn't been any war in europe for many decades rather than having done anything specific i think. as long as civic institutions

like the nobel prize continue to lose their legitimacy and their spirit through political favoritism these prizes are always political but such blatant and obvious political favoritism and maneuvering i think it actually takes something away and i think it's actually damaging leaves the whole institution of the prize facing the question whether the nobility is being drained from the new down peter all of us are to. but with the e.u. modern economic strife the scene is far from peaceful with the protests and riots across the continent a business that professor and independent investment fund manager. says the u.s. policies have brought to disorder it's probably some kind of official ideology that supplied the ideology that this year or has brought peace which it has and has brought on the wrist the european idea as such has certainly. brought peace or a state. in western europe and beyond but not the studio and not the official

policies we're pursuing right now they have nothing to do was peace and maybe it's just a way to mislead people in the populace about the process how can you war on such a prize to an institution i mean if you're the war that maybe you should have awarded to the originators of the idea of the european unification are the no one should monitor and so on and so was the goal they had a vision put forth and they said it's a work but how would you really. want to prize some institution that really doesn't have a vision. in its words crisis of legitimacy in the decades and i guess it's just a maneuver to really give a rats on the shoulder. well it's also an unstable situation in the european markets as technocrat leader says his time in office will soon be up to a look at what's in store for the ailing eurozone seeming no way out of the crisis

. military has taken over the country's security and assuming powers of arrest in the run up to the referendum this week's vote has been rejected by the opposition as on representatives with calls to stage mass nationwide protests getting louder president morsi has tried to make some concessions but it hasn't ease the tension journalist both true ports now from cairo. this morning president mohamed morsi this is on the decision to increase tax burdens on the country is a sales tax on consumer goods and services this is seen to be quite popular for him in the face of much to said it's the increased tax burdens were supposed to be part of i.m.f. loan international monetary fund lone wolf point eight billion dollars in the country to be trying to secure recently definitely these reducing these tax burdens will perhaps make it more popular among the streets however yesterday of course the national salvation front become a nation of opposition forces going in many of these protests around the city so

they completely reject the concept of referendum set to be next week and of calls for protests they say the constitution will only enforce a presidential dictatorship and it's a. key social economic demands as well as being presented of the country as it was . by islamist dominated constituent assembly to here in cairo really expecting big crowds on cheese day against the president. by a new coalition of islamic forces of course the president on tuesday they said they want to have a million people on the streets in support of the president of course with the background of violence on wednesday between rival protest groups right here at the presidential palace which bloody scenes in the streets of cairo that she reasons we've now been told the president has also been a tree to step in and secure the nation in addition to giving powers to arrest citizens this has been met with much criticism from the protesters. to the military

will take a heavy hand this comes after. egypt hosni mubarak stepped down last year which witnessed quite a heavy and bloody crackdown on protesters during the last between the transition period last night at the protest in front of the presidential palace protesting screens to teach all. military's human rights violations towards protesters on the screens of the president the president on the walls of the presidential palace they said to remind people of what the military capable of right now the republican guards to. be the policy of erected twelve barriers which the protesters did manage to push through but it's still a sign maybe we'll see more tanks on the streets as the descent continues in the lead up to this controversial referendum. the u.s. has so far remained silent on egypt's draft constitution even though it's being criticised for undermining basic freedoms but geo political analyst william mendel

says washington is secretly supporting the muslim brotherhood to turn egypt into an islamic dictatorship. you have the brotherhood which has been supported by the state department in the obama administration as it has an analogous vehicle to create a if you will an islamic dictatorship in egypt but they're pushing a black agenda a secret agenda much much like. masonry organizations or secret societies where the triads are the be in japan and so forth they're pushing an agenda on the population and the population rightly source was a skunk and i think this is the coptic christian groups are threatened if the book brotherhood gets its constitution and imposing sharia law for. other groups of muslims for example sophie their places of worship are under attack in egypt and likely will be increasingly so this is probably one of the most major. hidden

intelligence projects of the of the last fifty years since the us government support of the muslim brotherhood to create islamic fascist regimes you want to use that term across the islamic world across the muslim world from afghanistan down through turkey into saudi arabia qatar and of course egypt. one of egypt's main opposition leaders and the former head of the arab league says mrs regime is failing to fulfill the nation's hopes for change or deal with its major economic problems. the change that we wanted that people hoped for the language the services education the health care and the rest of the fives but then into the life objections have not really produced anything new fifty percent of the country lives in poverty the illiteracy the bad unemployment the problems that have not been addressed i think this moment this is the point that one many of us as

citizens as liberals as nationalists that believe that we. who said time we should not stand still. we have to move on let us move together the vision of dividing the country dividing the people divide the republic opinion is not in our interest. in fact artie's full interview with egyptian opposition leader. today at six forty five pm g.m.t. . but while one the country struggles with the outcome of its revolution and the other still in the uprising in spite of the murder of hope and the prospect of talks in both deep divisions between the opposition and the ruling family proved too big to overcome. israel's fear is that syria's chemical weapons could end up. off the break.

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a joyful sight. a sentiment that hopefully ensures that russia's northern reindeer will have caretakers for generations to come. here watching on t.v. live from moscow the western warnings are circling over syria's chemical weapons but that by israel has another worry on its mind that could get into the hands of his build up for israel such as being controlled by what it considers to be a terrorist group would be a red line marcus put up with us editor of politics first magazine says these concerns are not groundless. there's a very strong possibility that these syrian militants could very well acquire chemical weapons which of course would be catastrophic not just for syria but for

the entire region it might be an inconvenient truth to many was western politicians but of course the islamists in syria who are largely representative of the militants they wouldn't hesitate to use them against syria's minorities and they certainly wouldn't hesitate to use them against israel so there is that very important to stop the flow through the constant flow of weapons and cash into syria by certain western states amateur jihadi saudi arabia qatar the israelis are not concerned that the syrian government would use chemical weapons against israel they are very concerned that the militants in syria would use them and if they are quiet then it could be a pretext that but the west issues in concert believe america to intervene in the syria they claimed in the run up to the invasion of iraq the reasons for going in

iraq had weapons of mass destruction nothing was found intervene in libya colonel gadhafi forces we're told were going to. drown thousands and thousands of libyan civilians there was never any evidence for that then once again yes there's a very realistic possibility that the militants in syria could acquire chemical weapons and of course who would be responsible for that it would be those countries around the world in particular in the region turkey saudi arabia qatar and strutting western countries that are doing absolutely everything they can at the moment to weaken the syrian government. a court in bahrain has jailed the daughter of a prominent opposition activist for one month for taking part in demonstrations its . third conviction in the past six months with a father serving life for plotting against the ruling family the uprising in bahrain has been. almost two years now the opposition and the regime say they're ready for dialogue but as reports their divisions might run to deep for any lasting

peace. on the subject says his life was shattered his sits on a municipal council in bahrain and several months ago he was shot by police during a peaceful protest looking at his injuries his lucky to be alive they had been online what i was with many of the protesters when we were faced by riot police they did not hesitate to shoot us directly to the head with the bullets the police are using are for hunting birds and animals i've been shot at over one hundred ninety two helots that's got it all over my body in the head face arms and legs the most dangerous ones are those inside my lungs. so deep is just one of hundreds who have suffered in the anti-government protests that started around twenty months ago when revolution fever was sweeping the middle east and north africa the descent in bahrain differs little from that in nation swept by the arab spring but the story

never stop it is a belief in many different areas against the regime against that because of their ship against the situation. one thousand five hundred present others we have. every day we have a lot of. security forces surrounding the areas attacking the people like that in their houses given the outcome of the arab spring and evils bahrain's ruling elite is doing its best to stamp out revolt the government recently slapped a ban on public gatherings bahrain's chief of police says it's not permanent but it is necessary we have introduced a temporary restriction on gatherings and protests and betters. one reason because lately we have seen that these gatherings and protests have been taking more violent. methods and one year we had over four hundred protests in bahrain that's more than one protest a day and we have tried to solve the problem however they didn't seem to be able to

control protests and the gatherings despite the ban and the risk of arrest people are still gathering the hard core of the protest comes from poor neighborhoods as soon as we reached one we needed he encountered a small in peaceful anti governmental rally. some a simple salute to estimate how many people are actually taking part in them just a moment in bahrain but the fact is that these protesters are being supported by the local shia community which make up up to seventy percent of this country's population. the ruling elite are sunni muslims and this may look like a sectarian war but the authorities firmly reject their actions are religiously motivated there is a radical movement in the opposition party they are hardliners they want to see regime change they want to implement their own style of government they seek a secretary in theocracy and that is unacceptable so all because i feel

out of desperation they know that they don't have the support of the rest of the population of bahrain they have turned to these violent means the protests are gathering momentum and allegations of torture in prisons are leading to serious international pressure being put on monarch so bahrain is rulers find themselves in a tough position they want dialogue with dissenters but the question is whether they will be satisfied with what the king has to offer a legacy or share ski r.t. reporting from the kingdom of bahrain. and we have plenty more stories for you on our website r.t. dot com moscow prepares to approve a list of americans accused of human rights violations. to washington's magnitsky bill accusing russians of the same more in line. or so on the side how's this for a cue that apple's notorious new iphone maps are labeled life threatening australia and this leading travellers to phantom towns scorching outback. bears

on rests on the markets after at least technocrat prime minister mario monti announced his plans to leave former pm silvio berlusconi has thrown his hat into the ring again after he withdrew his party's support for the government monti says he'll go after next year's budget is passed which could see an election in february he said in an expected loss where the greek prime minister is trying to secure more support from journeys of wealthy conservative mention of the vajra earlier greece's creditors agreed to prop it up with another forty four billion euro greek attorney georgia country believes a real solutions are still a long way off. so most cause me to stone. this list. but unfortunately. it is not easy to go. through just that you go to example it would be. fun.

but of course it's real easy for you to so. german taxpayers so. this simple are you serious usual more of more cell phone for people with. now the news making headlines this hour a taliban assault on a police station northwestern pakistan has left at least eight people dead three attackers reportedly fired rockets and grenades in a battle lasting over an hour to insurgents detonated suicide vests during the clash with local taliban say the attack was to avenge the death of a relative of the former commander. and earthquake measuring five point six on the richter scale has hit the philippines which is already trying to recover from the devastation brought on by a deadly typhoon period thousand people still missing following last week's site

what survivors in the worst hit areas are suffering severe food shortages and slides and flash floods killed more than six hundred people there are four hundred thousand. probably a female official responsible for women's affairs has been assassinated in afghanistan he was shot dead by two unidentified men on her way to work it comes just months after her female predecessor was killed in a bomb attack. hamas says it won't give an inch of palestinian land to israel during his visit to gaza the group's political leader on their mission home refused to recognize the jewish state that are missing with israel rejecting international calls to end its settlement expansion which journalists get in the evy says the standoff between the two will continue. really public opinion. doesn't seem to be. very troubled by the u.n. resolution and by the fact that the israel saw isolated there and also about the

government is known as the united states continues to support and to becky's. the concern is. less big europe the state in the last vote in the u.n. but steve israel feels that europeans are supporting basically supporting israel. ok party actual that bring you up to date with all the week's sporting headlines that's after a short break stay with us. an artist was arrested for putting up posters critical of drone usage all over new york city the poster show a menacing drone shooting a missile at innocent children with the words drones protection when you least

expect it written at the bottom these posters definitely reflect a lot of americans fears that a big brother skynet will completely eliminate the very concept of privacy and free speech so to prove that americans live in a free country without any government spying he had why p.t. hunted down the anonymous artist and arrested him for expressing himself having arrested him at his residence they charged him with fifty six counts of criminal possession of a forged instrument grand larceny possession of stolen property and weapons possession for having a deadly terrorist weapon and unloaded twenty two caliber pistol although being in jail won't be pleasant perhaps arzt s m a t actually in the end it got what he wanted he proved to the world that big brother surveilled him and arrested him all for throwing up a few posters looks like he proved his point but that's just my opinion.

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off a late rally by tesco in a stunning first matchup between alexander ovechkin and how that so. and fighting talk a billionaire at the show was one of talks exclusively to r.t. about two of his big passions leading off will to sell the walk and fencing to a culture the future. of fair says i must i will go into the winter break top of the russian premier league after beating rock bottom or davy a two one and now be some relieved players our phones as the cold weather starts to settle across the country which of and cooperate with all its. football fans from around the world will go to great lengths to support their favorite team however some fans and russia have to put up with more than most temperature drops well below freezing with the onset of winter. while other stadiums around europe such as the donbass arena in donetsk ukraine in store he chose to keep their supporters warm new social luxury is available to fans in russia who have to put up with

temperatures but can do as low as minus twenty is just an additional one so it's in but of course it's not easy to attend a football match in such cold weather when the temperature is below freezing it's difficult to stand for more than fifteen minutes without feeling the cold your whole body is absolutely freezing i don't think it was the best decision to have matches in december we were better off before when the season finished in late november as the temperature was much warmer and above freezing. weather fans of all ages were quick to agree that no matter how cold or uncomfortable the weather gets the most important thing is giving their side the support they need to really look at the weather to be honest but i can still support what you can also keep warm if you're supporting your team the right word. from our mother by that we have to support our team no matter what the weather is like snow rain all sunshine but i will never abandon my sword and always come to support the side that the players.